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UNITED STATES Re.' 16,303A

CHRISTIAN GIRL, I DETROIT, HICHIGAN, VABSIGNQB. T0 THE C. G. SPRING t BUMPER COIPANY, 0F DETROIT, MICHIGAN, A CORPORATION 0F DELAWARE.

Bunyan. v.-

Original lo. 1,479,905, dated November 8, 1923, Serial lo. 615,997, led January 31, 1928. Application for reissue led January 28., 1994. A Serial No. 699,187.

To all whom it may concem:

Be it known that `I, CHRISTIAN GIRI., u citizenfof the United States, residin at Detroit, in the county of Vayne and tate of 5 Michigan, have invented' a certain new and useful Improvement in Bumpers, ofl whicli the followin is a full, clear, and exact description, re erence being had to the accompaping drawings.

i's invention relates to automobile bumpers, and more particularly to bumpers of the multiplefbar construction, asv typified in the patent to Allan L. McGregor, No. 1,372,154,5issue'd March 22, 1921.

It is the general iirpose and object of thc invention to provi e :i new, improved, und simplified connection between the ends of the bars or plates constituting tlie bumper.

I accomplish the yforegoing .object in and 29 through thefgeonstruction and arrangement of parts shown." in the drawings herein,

wherein `FigqI .rep'resents a plan view of a bumper constructed in accordance with my invention and showing the same connected to the supporting arms by which the bumper in turn is connected to the side members ot a vehicle; Fi 2 iin-elevation (of the bumper shown in the'preceding view; and Fig. 3 a

detail in elevation of the plate emplo Yed for ars or plates, thel plate being shown in its extended or unbent shape. 1

Describing he lvarious parts herein by reference ycharacters and assuming (for corr. al vemence of description) that. the bumper 1s' ','tobe applied to the front end of an automobile, 1 denotes a pair of supporting arms o1 any suitable character for 'connectingr a bmper' to the side members of the vehicle,

40 and 2re resents clamps which are pivotally connected to the front ends of the members 1, as indicated at 3, the clamps being adjustably mounted upon the end portions 4 of the intermediate rear bar of the bumper..

This rear bar may be of any shape, the one vshown herein having a V-sliaped intermediate portion 4, tlie fcenter 4 of such V ergtending between theiup'per and lower bars 5 which constitute the front or impact sectionof the bumper. The front and rear bars Aare connected at their central portions by means of plates 6 and rivets or bolts 7.

The front bars or 'plates 5 and the end portions 4 of the rear bar or plate are sub- -The seen in Figs. l and 2, and the forks 9 arestantially parallel, with' their ends nearly in connected., asby rivets or bolts 10, to the ends of the bars vorplates 5, while tlie steni or body portion 8 is connected by bolts or rivets 11 to the adjacent end 4 of tlierenr har. Two such bars or plates 8, v,9 are einployed. one at each end of the bumper:

'lien the parts are thus assemstructiire. bled, the bumper is c nds. the end of eac plate, 8, 9.-

The bars or plates 8, 9 are of ordinary spring-steel, such as is employed for the bars or plates i and 5. In consequence, the said bars or plates 8 and v9 provide yielding', resilient or iiexible connectionsbetween the ends of the bars or plates 4 and 5.

rovided with looped loop comprisingy a By lthe. construction shown andfdescribed. l

a bumper of the multiple-bar type may be constructed with looped ends and the sultant bumper will be not I'only efficient in operation. but veconoinicali'of production,` and sightly in appearance.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

1. A bumper comprising aA pair of ver- I tir-ally spaced bars and an auxiliary ba.r' .having its endsspaced rearwardly from the'- endsof the first-mentioned bars, and a,

forked plate bent into looped form and havingry its forks connected with the ends of the ii'st-mcntioncd bars and its intermediate portion or stempconnected with the adja- Hcent end of tlie other bar.

2. 'A bumper comprising;` an impact scc` tion having` vertically spaced ends and au a-uxiliary-sectibn `having an end spaced rearwardly from the ends of the impact section, and a forkedplate bent into looped forni and having its forks connected with the ends of the impact section and its intermediate portion or stem connected with t-he end ofthe auxiliary section.

3. An automobile' bumperv comprising a front or impact section and a rear or auxilioo iary section, the ends of the said sections being spaced apart, and a substantially U- shaped plate rigidly connected to the ends oi? said sections and extending longitudinally of said bumper and forming looped ends therefor.

si. An automobile bumper comprising an impact section having vertically spaced ends and an auxiliary bar, an end ot' the auxiliary bar being spaced rearwardly from the corresponding ends of the impact section, and a looped plate rigidly secured at one end to the auxiliary bar and at its opposite end to the ends ot' the impact section, the loop of said plate .constituting a longitudinal looped extension of the ends of said bars.

D'. An automobile bumper comprising a. pair of impact bars having their ends spaced and in substantially vertical alignment, an auxiliary bar having its ends spaced rear- Wardly from the corresponding ends of the impact bars and located intermediate ot such bars, and plates connecting the ends of the impact and auxiliary bars, each being bent into looped form and having one end connected to an end of the auxiliary bar and having its opposite end forked and connected with the corresponding ends of the impact bars.

6. An automobile bumper comprising a ii'ont or impact bar and a rear or auxiliary bar, the end ot' one baibeing spaced from the corresponding end of the other bar, and a looped pla-te rigidly connectedY to such ends, the loop extending longitudinally of the bumper.

7. A bumper comprising one 'or more front or impact bars and a rear or auxiliary bai', corresponding ends of said bars beingy spaced apart, and a resilient looped member at each end ot the bumper and rigidly connected to the ends of the impact and auxiliary bars, the loops extending longitudinally of the bumper.

S. A bumper comprising a pair of yertically spaced impact bars and a rear or auxiliary bar having its top edge and its bottom edge spaced respectively below the top edge of the upper ot said impact bars and above thebottom edge of the lower of said 'impact vouter end adjacent bars, and a connecting member secured at one end to each cud of the rear or auxiliary bar, each of said connecting members haring one end forked, and means connecting such forks to the ends of the impact bars adjacent thereto. v y

9. An automobile bumper comprising a air of front or impact bars, a rear or auxi diary bar connected t-o the body portions of the front or impact bars and having its outer end adjacent to the outer ends of the front or impact bars, and a connecting memF bei' secured at one cud to the outer end of the rear or auxiliary bar, the said connecting member being forked, and means connecting such forks to the ends ot' the impact bars adjacent thereto. l

10. An automobile bumper comprising :i plurality of front or impact bars, a. rear or auxiliary bar connected to the body yportions of the front or impact bai'sand having an outer end` adjacent to the outer ends of the front or impact bars, and a resilient; connecting member secured at one end to the outer end of the rear v-or auxiliary bar, the

said connecting member being forked, and

means connecting suoli forks to the ends of the impactbars adacent thereto.

1l. An automobi e bumper comprising a plurality of front or impactA bars, a rear or* connected to the body portions or impact bars und having an to thev corresponding outer ends of the front or impact bars, and forked means connecting such outer end of the rear or auxiliaryr bar with the ends of the front or impact ars adjacent thereto.

` 12. An automobile bumper comprising a plurality of front or impact bars, a rearor auxiliary bar having an. outer end adjacent to the outer 'ends of the front or ini act bars, and a connectingmember secure at one end to the outer end 'ia-ry bar, the said connecting member being forked, and ineansconnectin such forks to the ends ofthe impact bars a jacent thereto. In testimony whereof I hereunto a'ix my signature.r

auxiliary bar of the front of the rear or auxilill'i 

